SAGE (organization)
Encyclopedia
SAGE is the USENIX
Special Interest Group for Sysadmins, an international nonprofit professional association of system administrator
s.
SAGE describes itself thus:
Until November 2003, SAGE was known as the System Administrators Guild.
from its parent organization, USENIX
. On October 27, 2005, the USENIX Board, by a 4-4 vote, failed to approve a motion to progress the separation of SAGE from USENIX, declaring instead that SAGE is better as a suborganization.
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Special Interest Group for Sysadmins, an international nonprofit professional association of system administrator
System administrator
A system administrator, IT systems administrator, systems administrator, or sysadmin is a person employed to maintain and operate a computer system and/or network...
s.
SAGE describes itself thus:
Its goal is to serve the system administration community by:
- Offering conferences and training to enhance the technical and managerial capabilities of members of the profession
- Promoting activities that advance the state of the art or the community
- Providing tools, information, and services to assist system administrators and their organizations
- Establishing standards of professional excellence and recognizing those who attain them.
Until November 2003, SAGE was known as the System Administrators Guild.
Major activities
- Co-sponsors (with USENIXUSENIX-External links:* *...
) the annual system administration conference, LISALISA (conference)LISA is the Large Installation System Administration Conference, co-sponsored by the computing professional organizations USENIX and SAGE.The word "large" was dropped from the title of the 6th conference in 1992 . The full acronym was restored in the title of the 2003 conference and remains in use...
. - Hosts several technical and professional mailing lists.
- Provides a job listing service.
- Compiles an annual salary survey of system administrators' salaries keyed to many variables.
- Publishes a series of short topics booklets in the field of system administration.
- Establishes and promotes a code of ethics for system administrators.
- Supports local user groups.
- Offers an IRC channel.
- Presents two annual awards for outstanding contributions to the field and to SAGE: the Outstanding Achievement Award and the Chuck Yerkes Award
Spinoff
In June 2004, SAGE was dissolved as a Special Technical Group to prepare for a spin-offSpin out
A spin-out, also known as a spin-off or a starburst, refers to a type of corporate action where a company "splits off" sections of itself as a separate business....
from its parent organization, USENIX
USENIX
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. On October 27, 2005, the USENIX Board, by a 4-4 vote, failed to approve a motion to progress the separation of SAGE from USENIX, declaring instead that SAGE is better as a suborganization.
See also
- League of Professional System AdministratorsLeague of Professional System AdministratorsThe League of Professional System Administrators is a non-profit organization. The organization's mission is "to advance the practice of system administration; to support, recognize, educate, and encourage its practitioners; and to serve the public through education and outreach on system...
- SAGE-AUSAGE-AUSAGE-AU is an Australian non-profit professional association of system administrators. SAGE-AU was originally formed to provide the same services for Australian system administrators as the SAGE organisation did in the United States, but is completely independent of that entity, and has been since...
(Australia) - System Administrators Guild of Ireland